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Lotts of excitement as Indians cruise past Pine Prairie

In a game that was originally canceled and then moved to The Reservation, Tioga was able to use a balanced attack to jump on Pine Prarie from the get go.

After what some might have deemed to be a rebuilding season, the experienced members of this team were key for this opening victory.

“Some of our experienced players really stepped up tonight,” said head coach Kevin Cook. “They helped eliminate some of the mistakes. Detavious Eldridge had a monster game tonight. Those seniors really held up their end. We either have seniors or we’re really young and it just worked out great tonight.”

A late touchdown was the only blemish to that veteran defense as Eldridge and Tydarian Quinney showed they’ll be forces to be reckoned with this season.

Offensively, after losing all but two starters from a year ago, it was senior running back Joe Lotts who found the endzone three times as the Tribe held a 20-0 lead at the half to pace their way for victory.

“I was really proud of our offensive line,” said Cook. "We have a freshman quarterback, and a rookie running back. He may be a senior, but only played five JV games last year, so he’s still a rookie. But just overall, very proud of everyone on that side of the ball."

The Indians will try to build off this experience and use a more normal week to head into their first official home game of the season against Jonesboro Hodge.

“To have a normal week is going to help,” explained Cook. “A chance to show these young guys exactly what we’re talking about and show them things on film is going to be huge. As coaches, we are teachers and this should be a great week for us to do just that.”